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  • 1. What was Blackbeard's real name?
A) William Kidd
B) Henry Morgan
C) Edward Teach
D) Anne Bonny
  • 2. Which ship did Blackbeard command?
A) Queen Anne's Revenge
B) The Black Pearl
C) Golden Hind
D) HMS Victory
  • 3. Where was Blackbeard born?
A) Portugal
B) France
C) Spain
D) England
  • 4. How many cannon did Blackbeard's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, have?
A) 50
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
  • 5. What was the name of Blackbeard's pirate crew?
A) The Jolly Roger
B) The Flying Dutchman
C) The Black Pearl
D) The Queen Anne's Revenge
  • 6. What was Blackbeard's iconic appearance feature?
A) Long black beard
B) Parrot on shoulder
C) Hook for hand
D) Eyepatch
  • 7. How many wives did Blackbeard have?
A) 7
B) 9
C) 14
D) 3
  • 8. In which ocean did Blackbeard operate?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Arctic Ocean
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Atlantic Ocean
  • 9. At which Caribbean island did Blackbeard establish a base?
A) Barbados
B) Cuba
C) New Providence
D) Jamaica
  • 10. What was Blackbeard's flag called?
A) Skull and Bones
B) Crossed Swords
C) Jolly Roger
D) Red Flag
  • 11. Where was Blackbeard killed in battle?
A) Tortuga
B) Nassau
C) Port Royal
D) Ocracoke Island
  • 12. What was Edward Teach's better-known name?
A) The Pirate King
B) Captain Teach
C) Edward the Pirate
D) Blackbeard
  • 13. Where did Blackbeard operate as a pirate?
A) The Atlantic Ocean
B) The Mediterranean Sea
C) The Caribbean Sea
D) Around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies
  • 14. Who was the captain that Blackbeard joined around 1716?
A) Captain Morgan
B) Captain Benjamin Hornigold
C) Captain Sparrow
D) Captain Kidd
  • 15. What did Blackbeard reportedly tie under his hat to frighten enemies?
A) Lit fuses (slow matches)
B) Flags
C) Feathers
D) Rope
  • 16. Which port did Blackbeard blockade in South Carolina?
A) Port Royal
B) Charleston
C) Charles Town
D) Savannah
  • 17. Where did Blackbeard run Queen Anne's Revenge aground?
A) Near Savannah, Georgia
B) Near Charleston, South Carolina
C) Near Beaufort, North Carolina
D) Near Port Royal, Jamaica
  • 18. Where did Blackbeard settle after parting with Stede Bonnet?
A) Port Royal, Jamaica
B) Savannah, Georgia
C) Bath, North Carolina
D) Charleston, South Carolina
  • 19. Who arranged for a party to capture Blackbeard?
A) Captain Morgan
B) Alexander Spotswood, the governor of Virginia
C) King George I
D) Captain Kidd
  • 20. Who led the force that killed Blackbeard?
A) Captain Sparrow
B) Captain Morgan
C) Captain Kidd
D) Lieutenant Robert Maynard
  • 21. What was Blackbeard known for in terms of leadership style?
A) Being a democratic leader
B) Spurning the use of violence and relying on his fearsome image
C) Being a coward
D) Using extreme violence
  • 22. How was Blackbeard romanticized after his death?
A) As a hero in military history
B) As a misunderstood sailor
C) As an inspiration for an archetypal pirate in works of fiction
D) As a villain in historical texts
  • 23. Which publication used the name 'Edward Teach' for Blackbeard?
A) The London Gazette
B) The New England Courant
C) The Virginia Gazette
D) The Boston News-Letter
  • 24. Which city is Blackbeard most likely to have been raised in?
A) London
B) Liverpool
C) Bristol
D) Plymouth
  • 25. What did Robert Lee speculate about Blackbeard's birth background?
A) He was born into a family of sailors
B) He was born into a family of farmers
C) He may have been born into a respectable, wealthy family
D) He was born into a family of merchants
  • 26. Who described New Providence as 'no city of homes'?
A) Captain Benjamin Hornigold.
B) Stede Bonnet.
C) George Woodbury.
D) Henry Jennings.
  • 27. How many guns did Teach's sloop have according to Captain Mathew Munthe?
A) 10 guns.
B) 4 guns.
C) 12 guns.
D) 6 guns.
  • 28. How many ships did Teach's flotilla consist of after taking over Revenge?
A) Three ships.
B) Two ships.
C) Four ships.
D) Five ships.
  • 29. What did Hornigold do after retiring from piracy?
A) Settled in Jamaica.
B) Started a trading company.
C) Accepted the King's pardon.
D) Joined the Royal Navy.
  • 30. What was the original name of the ship that Blackbeard captured and renamed Queen Anne's Revenge?
A) Great Allen
B) La Concorde
C) Bonnet's Revenge
D) Mauvaise Rencontre
  • 31. Where did Blackbeard and his crew disembark the crew and cargo of La Concorde?
A) Saint Vincent
B) Bequia
C) Martinique
D) Crab Island
  • 32. What did Blackbeard rename the smaller sloop given to the crew of La Concorde?
A) Bonnet's Revenge
B) Great Allen
C) Queen Anne's Revenge
D) Mauvaise Rencontre
  • 33. Which ship did Blackbeard attack near Saint Vincent after capturing La Concorde?
A) The Margaret
B) La Concorde
C) The Monserrat Merchant
D) The Great Allen
  • 34. What was the name of the road where the pirates were left to rot in gibbets?
A) Capitol Landing Road
B) Admiralty Road
C) Pirate's Path
D) Gallows Road
  • 35. What did Blackbeard demand from the colonial government of South Carolina?
A) Medical supplies
B) Food provisions
C) Gold and silver
D) Weapons
  • 36. What did Spotswood argue was the source of his authority to capture the pirates?
A) The king
B) Lord Carteret
C) The House of Burgesses
D) Governor Eden
  • 37. What did Blackbeard rename his remaining sloop to?
A) Sloop
B) Adventure
C) Crowley
D) Queen Anne's Revenge
  • 38. What was the original name of Beaufort Inlet?
A) Charles Town Inlet
B) Adventure Inlet
C) Pirate's Cove
D) Topsail Inlet
  • 39. What did the U.S. Supreme Court strike down in the 'Allen v. Cooper' case?
A) The Copyright Remedy Clarification Act
B) The Copyright Act of 1976
C) Blackbeard's Law
D) The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
  • 40. What did Teach do when Maynard's small boat was spotted by Adventure?
A) Ordered his men to retreat
B) Fired at the small boat
C) Sent a warning signal
D) Cut Adventure's anchor cable
  • 41. Which pirate took an estimated five times the amount Blackbeard stole?
A) Anne Bonny
B) Bartholomew Roberts
C) William Kidd
D) Henry Every
  • 42. What year did the Queen Anne's Revenge wreck site artifacts start being displayed?
A) 2005
B) 1996
C) 1989
D) 2013
  • 43. What did Blackbeard's crew inform Henry Bostock about their past actions?
A) They had destroyed several other vessels.
B) They had rescued a stranded ship.
C) They had found a hidden treasure.
D) They had captured a Spanish galleon.
  • 44. What was the total value of Blackbeard's loot sold at auction?
A) £400
B) £90
C) £2,238
D) £79,000
  • 45. Who was named a beneficiary in Eden's will?
A) John Holloway
B) Robert Walpole
C) Tobias Knight
D) Hugh Drysdale
  • 46. Who became the captain of the Adventure after joining Teach's fleet?
A) Israel Hands
B) Harriot
C) Bonnet
D) Captain Hume
  • 47. Who did Blackbeard place in command of Bonnet's Revenge?
A) Richards
B) Captain Kentish
C) Captain Edwards
D) Henry Bostock
  • 48. What did Nautilus Productions file a motion for after the Supreme Court ruling?
A) Dismissal
B) Reconsideration
C) Settlement
D) Appeal
  • 49. What did North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper sign on 30 June 2023?
A) A bill for naval expansion
B) A bill for copyright protection
C) A bill repealing Blackbeard's Law
D) A bill supporting Blackbeard's Law
  • 50. Who retired as a rich man, more successful than Blackbeard?
A) Henry Every
B) Bartholomew Roberts
C) Blackbeard
D) William Kidd
  • 51. What did Maynard report as the number of his men killed in the battle?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 10
D) 15
  • 52. What did Blackbeard do to the captured ships and prisoners after receiving medical supplies?
A) Sold them
B) Released them
C) Sank them
D) Kept them
  • 53. From which location did Maynard and his men sail on 17 November?
A) Pamlico River
B) Bath
C) Ocracoke Inlet
D) Kecoughtan
  • 54. How many vessels were stopped and ransacked during the blockade of Charles Town?
A) About nine
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Twelve
  • 55. How many men did Blackbeard maroon on a small sandy island?
A) About 25
B) 10
C) 50
D) 100
  • 56. How many men did Blackbeard reportedly command by late November 1717?
A) 300 men
B) 200 men
C) At least 150 men
D) 50 men
  • 57. How many men did Maynard have in total for the mission?
A) 57
B) 100
C) 75
D) 45
  • 58. Who agreed to Blackbeard's demands for medical supplies?
A) Samuel Wragg
B) Mr. Marks
C) Governor Charles Eden
D) Israel Hands
  • 59. What was the estimated value of the prize money for capturing Blackbeard in 2023?
A) £79,000
B) £2,238
C) £90
D) £400
  • 60. Who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth after returning from a round-the-world expedition?
A) Bartholomew Roberts
B) Blackbeard
C) Francis Drake
D) Henry Every
  • 61. What was the first vessel captured during the blockade of Charles Town?
A) Pilot boat
B) Adventure
C) Crowley
D) Queen Anne's Revenge
  • 62. Which vessel did Teach's fleet loot and burn in the Bay of Honduras?
A) HMS Scarborough
B) Adventure
C) HMS Seaford
D) Protestant Caesar
  • 63. What rank did Blackbeard award himself by May 1718?
A) Admiral
B) Commodore
C) Lieutenant
D) Captain
  • 64. How many times was Teach shot according to Maynard's examination?
A) Ten times
B) Three times
C) Five times
D) Seven times
  • 65. What was the main reason Blackbeard ran his ships aground at Beaufort Inlet?
A) To reduce the fleet's crew complement
B) To repair the ships
C) To hide from the governor
D) To escape the men-of-war
  • 66. What was the date of the proclamation issued by Governor Spotswood requiring former pirates to make themselves known to the authorities?
A) 10 July
B) 17 November
C) 23 November
D) 18 August 1718
  • 67. Who was arrested by Spotswood for potentially knowing Teach's whereabouts?
A) Captain Brand
B) William Howard
C) John Holloway
D) Colonel Maurice Moore
  • 68. Which British ship reported on pirate activity on 6 February?
A) HMS Seaford
B) HMS Caesar
C) HMS Adventure
D) HMS Scarborough
  • 69. On what date were the pirates tried under admiralty law in Williamsburg?
A) 17 March 1722
B) August 1718
C) 12 March 1719
D) 4 April 1719
  • 70. What did Spotswood suggest about Eden's contribution to the success of the operation?
A) Eden could contribute nothing.
B) Eden provided the ships.
C) Eden financed the operation.
D) Eden was the mastermind.
  • 71. What was the name of the merchant sloop that Blackbeard stopped off the coast of Crab Island?
A) La Concorde
B) The Great Allen
C) The Monserrat Merchant
D) The Margaret
  • 72. Who replaced Spotswood as governor?
A) John Holloway
B) Robert Walpole
C) Hugh Drysdale
D) Governor Eden
  • 73. Which bay did pirates plan to head toward after their attack off Sint Eustatius?
A) Samaná Bay
B) Grand Cayman
C) Havana
D) Belize
  • 74. Where were the remaining pirates hanged?
A) In Ocracoke
B) In Bath
C) In North Carolina
D) Along Williamsburg's Capitol Landing Road
  • 75. What did Teach and Bonnet likely attack off in December 1717?
A) Sint Eustatius
B) Jamaica
C) Barbados
D) Hispaniola
  • 76. What type of vessel did Teach capture at Grand Cayman?
A) A large galleon
B) A small turtler
C) A fishing boat
D) A merchant ship
  • 77. When did Governor Eden die?
A) August 1718
B) 17 March 1722
C) 4 April 1719
D) 12 March 1719
  • 78. Who did Spotswood accuse of being in league with Blackbeard?
A) Captain Brand
B) Israel Hands
C) Lieutenant Maynard
D) Tobias Knight
  • 79. What happened to the French ship Blackbeard found at sea?
A) It was abandoned
B) One crew was moved to another ship
C) It was taken as a prize
D) It was sunk
  • 80. Who went into Bath to check for Teach's presence?
A) Captain Jeremiah Vail
B) Colonel Moore
C) Governor Eden
D) Lieutenant Robert Maynard
  • 81. On which date did Maynard find the pirates anchored on Ocracoke Island?
A) 22 November
B) 21 November
C) 20 November
D) 19 November
  • 82. What did Blackbeard do with the crew of the Queen Anne's Revenge after it ran aground?
A) Released them
B) Marooned them
C) Kept them with him
D) Sank the ship with them
  • 83. What did Governor Eden give Blackbeard permission to do?
A) Settle in Bath permanently
B) Sail to St Thomas to seek a privateer's commission
C) Return to piracy
D) Capture more ships
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